Obsolescence is known in the defense industry as Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS). It is an unpleasant aspect of every defense program and occurs in all stages of a program's life cycle. The most challenging DMSMS problems manifest themselves via an unplanned current year bill to the USG to perform a Life Time Buy (LTB). These LTBs can range between $5M and $100M annually, depending the type,size and age of the weapons program.
DMS Defense privatizes the LTBs, becoming the new vendor of the OEM parts to eliminate availabilty and funding problems for the USG.
A successful campaign to fund a new US Program of Record (POR) can require approval by over 30 different warfighter, acquisition, Pentagon, and congressional stakeholders. DMS Defense leverages 30 years of experience with each to generate and execute a winning strategy.
Whether the defense budget is increasing, decreasing, or remaining constant under a continuing resolution, the time tested reality is there is never enough money to pay for all the required defense programs. DMS Defense helps industry get their portion of the $600B annual defense budget, regardless of the current funding trend.
Foreign Military Sales
The US Government (USG) manages roughly $15B US taxpayer funded Security Cooperation Programs (SCP) a year. DMS Defense helps both industry and foreign governments access this tremendous opportunity by helping to identify and influence key USG stakeholders.
Furthermore, the USG annually manages another estimated $30B in FMS that are financed by foreign governments. Although many countries invest over $1B a year in the system, few have dedicated advocates to protect their interests in the USG run system. DMS Defense ensures the LOA is written for success, expedites case execution, and oversees on time weapon system delivery that meets all requirements.
Similarly, it is not uncommon for a signed LOA to get caught in USG red tape for years waiting to go on contract with industry. DMS Defense typically slashes LOA processing time by more than 50 percent, allowing industry to book the revenue significantly sooner.
Obsolescence
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